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ProFEessor H. L. BoLLEY, dean of biology of the North 
Dakota Agricultural College, has returned from a year’s leave 
of absence spent in the more temperate regions of South 
America. He brought with him some specially selected seeds, 
particularly from the flax crops of Argentina and Uruguay. 
BULLETIN 1338-F of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
describes two recent wilt-resistant varieties of tomato,—Mar- 
globe and Break o’Day, The bulletin includes recent informa- 
tion on growing, gathering and preparing tomatoes for market. 
Tomatoes are our third most important truck crop, about 
32,000 cars of early or intermediate tomatoes being shipped an- 
nually. 
On SEPTEMBER first Mr. James T. Jardin, formerly director 
of the Oregon Experiment Station, become head of the Office of 
Experiment Stations in the Department of Agriculture. His 
work is the correlation of research at the state and insular ex- 
periment stations. At present 53 stations are carrying forward 
approximately 9,500 such projects. Director Jardine is a brother 
of former Secretary of Agriculture, William M. Jardine, now 
Minister to Egypt. 
AN IDEAL insect powder, deadly to insects but harmless to 
humans and animals, is described in a press notice of the depart- 
ment of Agriculture. This is rotenone, procured from the roots of 
several tropical plants, especially “cube” (pronounced coo-bay) 
in South America and derris in the East Indies. Native people 
have prepared fish poisons that stupefy fish without making 
them poisonous from these plants. Rotenonenotonly kills insects 
that eat leaves sprayed with it but also kills insects on which it 
IS sprayed. There appears to be an unlimited supply of raw ma- 
terial, as cube is found in practically all parts of the upper 
ale basin and derris root is now being cultiated in the East 
ndies, 
Ricnarp W. Woopwarp, a former member of the club, and a 
graduate of Yale 1867, died on May 15, 1931, at the age of 
eighty-four years. For a time Mr. Woodward was in the United 
States government service as chemist for the explorations made 
